Shaun Palmer Is Back On Magura!

Magura USA is pleased to announce that Shaun Palmer, legend of multiple action sports, is joining Magura as brand ambassador.

As a member of Intense Cycles, Palmer will be riding Magura’s pro team issue yellow MT7 NEXT four piston brakes that have been highly praised by the media since their introduction last year. One of Palmers responsibilities with Intense is to scout, form and train an elite team of JRs, who will also be on Magura mounted Intense rigs. “We are so happy to have Shaun back on Magura’s and helping him with his JR team’s efforts,” said Magura USA’s President, Jeff Enlow. Palmer says, “Magura was one of my first sponsors when I broke onto the MTB race scene. The brakes then were the best anywhere, so I’m really stoked to be back with them now and on their new generation brakes.”

Shaun made his debut on the mountain bike scene in 1995. In an effort to be the best rider in the world, Shaun chose Magura’s hydraulic rim brakes [the first hydraulic brakes in mountain biking] as the brake to help get him to the top of the podium. He achieved success quickly with multiple top-ten finishes, an overall 5th place in the 1996 World Cup DH rankings, Dual Slalom World Champion in 1996, and Silver Medalist at the 1996 World Championships. just to name a few MTB accomplishments. Shaun is also a six-time X-Games gold medalist in four different sports.

Intense Carbine 29

The Carbine 29 raises the bar on performance, technology and beauty, offering aggressive geometry, patented VPP suspension, all the design benefits of INTENSE 2nd generation INTENSE carbon fiber, and a look only possible from INTENSE.
 
Designed to allow riders to descend the roughest enduro tracks with confidence, the bike boasts 5.5 inches (140mm) of rear wheel travel, 160mm of travel up front, and a 67 degree head tube angle.
 
The slacker head angle and 51mm 29-specific fork offset on the Carbine 29 work together to create a bike that delivers added agility and improved handling.
Fast, gnarly rock sections never felt so secure. Cornering was never as quick on a 29er. Let go of the brakes and take the rough line to the bottom. The Carbine 29 will allow you to ride hard, and ride fast.
 
The bike offers cutting-edge technology like internal cable routing, Reverb Stealth seat post routing and ISCG 05 chain guide tabs. It will be offered as both a complete bike or frame-only.
 
Frames are fitted with a FOX Float CTD Kashima Coat rear shock. Complete bikes will include the new SRAM 1×11 drive train and a 160mm Rockshox Pike fork.
The new Carbine 29er has proven to be a great Enduro weapon. Raced & tested under wraps for months, the Carbine 29 is already no stranger to the podium.

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2013 Intense M9 650B Prototype

Intense Cycles showed up today and had along with them a prototype M9 650b or 27.5" wheeled bike. They actually had 2 there the red one was almost a standard M9 with bigger wheels. The silver one has revised geometry, different rear triangle to shave weight, built in bump stops and cable routing. These will be making a bigger appearance at Sea Otter!